The Other Queen

From 1 New York Times bestselling author and queen of royal fiction USA TODAY Philippa Gregorya dazzling new novel about the intriguing romantic and maddening Mary Queen of Scots Fleeing violent rebellions in Scotland Mary looks to Queen Elizabeth of England for sanctuary Though promised protection Mary perceived as a serious threat to the English crown is soon imprisoned by her former friend as a guest in the house of George Talbot Earl of Shrewsbury and his indomitable wife Bess of Hardwick The newly married couple welcomes the condemned queen into their home certain that serving as her hosts and jailers will bring them an advantage in the cutthroat world of the Elizabethan court To their horror they grow to realize that the task will bankrupt their estate and lose them what little favor theyve managed to gain as their home becomes the epicenter of intrigue and rebellion against Queen Elizabeth And Mary is not as hopeless as she appears manipulating the earl and spinning her own web of treachery and deceit as she sharpens her weapons to reclaim her Scottish throneand to take over Queen Elizabeths of England